Method and system for selecting an emotional appearance and prosody for a graphical character
First Claim
1. In a computer system having an output device, a display device and an input device for positioning a position indicator, a method comprising:
- (a) displaying a user interface component that is logically partitioned into at least one sub-region, each sub-region being associated with an emotion and being divided into at least one sub-area, each sub-area including a plurality of points that are associated with an emotional state, whereineach one of the plurality of points bounded within the sub-area shares the same emotional state;
(b) in response to a selection of any one of the plurality of points bounded within the sub-area, assigning the emotional state associated with the selected point in the sub-area to a graphical character; and
(c) generating an output that includes a representation of the emotional state assigned to the graphical character.
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Abstract
A user interface element enables the user to select an appearance for a character that corresponds with an emotion and an emotional intensity. The user interface may more generally be utilized to select values for a first degree of freedom and a second degree of freedom. The user interface element may take the form of a symmetrical closed curve, such as a circle. The user interface element is logically partitioned into sub-regions. Each sub-region may additionally be partitioned into one or more sub-areas. Each sub-region is associated with a given value for a first degree of freedom, and each sub-area is associated with a value for the second degree of freedom. When the user interface element is utilized to select emotions and emotional intensity for a character, the user interface element may include a character preview area that displays a preview of a character'"'"'s appearance given a current position of the position indicator within the user interface element.
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42 Claims
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1. In a computer system having an output device, a display device and an input device for positioning a position indicator, a method comprising:
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(a) displaying a user interface component that is logically partitioned into at least one sub-region, each sub-region being associated with an emotion and being divided into at least one sub-area, each sub-area including a plurality of points that are associated with an emotional state, wherein each one of the plurality of points bounded within the sub-area shares the same emotional state; (b) in response to a selection of any one of the plurality of points bounded within the sub-area, assigning the emotional state associated with the selected point in the sub-area to a graphical character; and (c) generating an output that includes a representation of the emotional state assigned to the graphical character. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. In a computer system having a mouse, a video display and a processor running a program that enables a user to participate in a chat session with a graphical character that represents the user in the chat session, a method comprising:
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(a) displaying a graphical element on the video display where the graphical element is logically partitioned into a plurality of sub-regions, each sub-region being divisible into at least one sub-area and being associated with an emotion, each sub-area being associated with an intensity level for an emotion and having an associated range of coordinates that are selected with a cursor positioned by the mouse and bounded by the sub-area, each coordinate in the sub-area being associated with the same emotion and the same intensity level for the emotion; and (b) in response to using the mouse to position the cursor within the range of coordinates bounded within a sub-area, performing an action, including; (i) determining the sub-region that the cursor lies within from the range of coordinates that is divided into the sub-area; and (ii) assigning an appearance to the graphical character that reflects the emotion associated with the determined sub-region and that reflects the intensity level for the emotion associated with the sub-area that the cursor lies within. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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